Bassfield twins ready to be Rebels

I caught up with Bassfield twins Alvin and Calvin Moore after they verbally committed to Ole Miss, and to say the excitement had worn off – even a little bit – would be a bold-faced lie.

Alvin, a linebacker, and Calvin, an athlete, were every bit as juiced on Saturday as they were on Friday when they met with Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze and several other members of the Rebels coaching staff.

“We’re ready to get back up there with the parents and let them feel what we’re feeling,” Alvin said. “I’m sure they will love it.”

The twins visited Ole Miss on Friday, along with several of their Bassfield teammates (Cornell Armstrong, Curt Mikell and Jamal Peters), after having visited Mississippi State on Thursday.

Calvin: “We really had it on our mind that if I could get (an offer), we were going to go up there. We both just fell in love with the school. It was our first time visiting, and it just felt like home.”

The twins have each said that playing at the same school at the next level isn’t a high priority. But Alvin admitted it helps.

“I didn’t know they would offer my brother,” he said. “That was big though. I knew where I wanted to go. I was just going to ride it out and enjoy the process. (The recruiting process) is stupid fun. Fans telling you they love you, coaches calling, this and that.”

Without an offer before Friday, Calvin knew he had to impress the coaching staff – which he obviously did.

He ran a 4.34 forty-yard dash, had a 35.5-inch vertical jump, a 10-foot, 4-inch broad jump and a time of 4.12 in the shuttle.

“After that and the 1-on-1s, we met with the coaches and they told me I might get some good news before I left. I did well, and earned an offer.”

The twins met with Freeze before the end of the day, and committed on the spot.

Alvin said he doesn’t envision changing his mind before National Signing Day in February.

“My mind is made up,” he said. “My word is my bond. I told Coach Freeze face to face that I am a Rebel, and I meant that.”